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Commissioner appalled by fatal Dublin stabbings

Callinan says it would be impossible to ban knives and sharp objects

Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan who said today that while he was appalled by the recent fatal stabbings in Dublin, it would be impossible to ban knives and other sharp objects. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times